American debut of Tony Yoka will be postponed

2016 Olympic heavyweight champion Tony Yoka (7-0, 6 KOs) will have to wait his American debut. The Frenchman was going to fight on March 14 in New York, but in the end his performance was canceled.

For 27-year-old Frenchman, who last fought in September stopping Michael Wallisch, it also had to be debut under the banner of Top Rank. Yoka has recently signed a contract with promoter Bob Arum.

The next performance of the boxer from France was delayed because of new promoters having troubles finding a suitable opponent. According to unofficial statements, the budget allocated to the opponent of Yoka did not exceed 40 thousand dollars.

The main event of Saturday night in New York City will a fight for the WBO featherweight belt of Shakur Stevenson (13-0, 7 KOs) and Miguel Marriaga (29-3, 25 KOs).